Poor Man's .50 Cal.

My question, is there a meaningful substitute for the .50 cal rifles that are so wildly popular? Is there something of a lesser caliber that can send out a medium to large caliber slug to long ranges with good accuracy? I know that the fifty is very hard to match much less beat, but hopefully, there are some options.

The .300 win mag or the .338 is about as good as it gets until you get to a .50. There are some other rifles out there, but nothing that many can afford. The great thing about a .50 is that being military, the rounds are numerous and relatively cheap to come by.

"From this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remembered; we few, we happy few, we band of brothers, for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, and the gentleman now a bed shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhood cheap" -- Henry V

Yes, but the rounds are almost double the .50 and very little option on types.

"From this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remembered; we few, we happy few, we band of brothers, for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, and the gentleman now a bed shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhood cheap" -- Henry V

The .50 FMJ remanufactured rouns run form a $1.30 to $1.70. I "heard" that the .416 run in the neighborhood of $2.50 to $3.00 a round. Even the $1.50 rounds that I shoot, I shoot sparingly, hence why I bought a bolt and not a auto loader.

"From this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remembered; we few, we happy few, we band of brothers, for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, and the gentleman now a bed shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhood cheap" -- Henry V